Top news developments in Karnataka on September 19, 2023
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Top news developments in Karnataka on September 19, 2023
1. India’s first space-based observatory to study the Sun, Aditya-L1, is headed to the Lagrangian 1 (L1) point as Bengaluru-based ISRO carried out the Trans-Lagrangian 1 Insertion (TL1I) manoeuvre today.
2. Karnataka has much to celebrate as the architecturally-stunning Hoysala temples in Belur, Halebeedu and Somanathapur were declared as UNESCO World Heritage Sites yesterday, joining Hampi, which was given the tag earlier. The announcement will bring global recognition with prospects of increase in international tourists to these places. All three temples are protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the nominations were entered as ‘The Sacred Ensembles of Hoysalas’.
3. Deputy CM and Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar says Karnataka finds itself in a Catch 22 situation with the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) on Monday telling Karnataka to continue releasing 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu, despite severely deficit rainfall. Rather than launch a protest, BJP should join hands with the government in convincing the Centre on Karnataka’s dire water situation, says Mr. Shivakumar. He said Karnataka will approach the Supreme Court in this regard.
4. Several parts of Bengaluru recorded light to moderate showers on Monday night, following which roads were waterlogged. The city will likely continue to witness generally cloudy skies, along with rains or thundershowers today.
5. A day after Ganesha festivities, the pourakarmikas of Bengaluru are busy cleaning more than average volume of litter.
6. A three-day conference on ‘Beneficial Microbes for Integrated Plant Health Management’ is being organized by the University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot and Asian PGPR Society. It commenced at the College of Horticulture, GKVK Post, UHS campus, at 10 a.m.
7. The 42nd Ganeshothsava being organized by Sri Vinayaka Mitra Mandali features Hasya Sanje by Maja Talkies fame Pavan Kumar and team on the Mithra Mandali premises on 1st A Main Road, 8th Block, Jayanagar at 7 p.m.
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Several principals of government and private schools in Delhi on Tuesday said the Directorate of Education (DoE) circular from a day earlier, directing schools to conduct classes in ‘hybrid’ mode, had caused confusion regarding day-to-day operations as they did not know how many students would return to school from Wednesday and how would teachers instruct in two modes — online and in person — at once. The DoE circular on Monday had also stated that the option to “exercise online mode of education, wherever available, shall vest with the students and their guardians”. Several schoolteachers also expressed confusion regarding the DoE order. A government schoolteacher said he was unsure of how to cope with the resumption of physical classes, given that the order directing government offices to ensure that 50% of the employees work from home is still in place. On Monday, the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) had, on the orders of the Supreme Court, directed schools in Delhi-NCR to shift classes to the hybrid mode, following which the DoE had issued the circular. The court had urged the Centre’s pollution watchdog to consider restarting physical classes due to many students missing out on the mid-day meals and lacking the necessary means to attend classes online. The CAQM had, on November 20, asked schools in Delhi-NCR to shift to the online mode of teaching.
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Nearly 50% of Dakshina Kannada’s shoreline has been eroded, the highest among the three coastal districts of Karnataka, according to a study for the period 1990-2018 by the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR).